वासुदेवार्जुनौ श्रुत्वा निनादं तस्य शुष्मिणः ॥
पुनः पुनः प्रणदतां दिदृक्षन्तौ वृकोदरम् ॥
भीमसेनरवं श्रुत्वा फल्गुनस्य च धन्विनः ॥
अप्रीयत महाराज धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
विशोकश् चाभवद् राजा श्रुत्वा तं निनदं महत् ॥
धनंजयस्य च रणे जयम् आशास्तवान् विभुः ॥
तथा तु नर्दमाने वै भीमसेने रणोत्कटे ॥
स्मितं कृत्वा महाबाहुर् धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
vāsudevārjunau śrutvā ninādaṃ tasya śuṣmiṇaḥ ||
punaḥ punaḥ praṇadatāṃ didṛkṣantau vṛkodaram ||
bhīmasenaravaṃ śrutvā phalgunasya ca dhanvinaḥ ||
aprīyata mahārāja dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
viśokaś cābhavad rājā śrutvā taṃ ninadaṃ mahat ||
dhanaṃjayasya ca raṇe jayam āśāstavān vibhuḥ ||
tathā tu nardamāne vai bhīmasene raṇotkaṭe ||
smitaṃ kṛtvā mahābāhur dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
Then Partha, raising a great roar, and Madhava, both surged forward, O great king, bellowing like two bulls. Vasudeva and Arjuna, having heard the roar of that fierce one, roared again and again, wishing to see Vrikodara. Hearing the roar of Bhimasena and of Phalguna the archer, the son of Dharma, Yudhishthira, rejoiced, O great king.
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This exchange of roars is love's own language: the brothers answer one another, "didṛkṣantau vṛkodaram," longing to meet. And Yudhishthira, far off, hearing them, "aprīyata," rejoices. It is telling that a single sound of dear voices dispels all anxiety. The verse teaches that news of a loved one's safety is the highest joy: it is enough to hear the living voice of one held dear for grief to turn into rejoicing, for love lives on the safety of those who are dear to it.